3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pupil  \Pu"pil\,  n.  [F.  pupille  n.  fem.,  L.  pupilla  the  pupil  of 
  the  eye,  originally  dim.  of  pupa  a  girl.  See  {Puppet},  and 
  cf  {Pupil}  a  scholar.]  (Anat.) 
  The  aperture  in  the  iris;  the  sight,  apple,  or  black  of  the 
  eye.  See  the  Note  under  {Eye},  and  {Iris}. 
 
  {Pin-hole  pupil}  (Med.),  the  pupil  of  the  eye  when  so 
  contracted  (as  it  sometimes  is  in  typhus,  or  opium 
  poisoning)  as  to  resemble  a  pin  hole.  --Dunglison. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pupil  \Pu"pil\,  n.  [F.  pupille  n.  masc.  &  fem.,  L.  pupillus 
  pupilla,  dim.  of  pupus  boy,  pupa  girl.  See  {Puppet},  and  cf 
  {Pupil}  of  the  eye.] 
  1.  A  youth  or  scholar  of  either  sex  under  the  care  of  an 
  instructor  or  tutor. 
 
  Too  far  in  years  to  be  a  pupil  now  --Shak. 
 
  Tutors  should  behave  reverently  before  their  pupils. 
  --L'Estrange. 
 
  2.  A  person  under  a  guardian;  a  ward.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  (Civil  Law)  A  boy  or  a  girl  under  the  age  of  puberty,  that 
  is  under  fourteen  if  a  male,  and  under  twelve  if  a 
  female. 
 
  Syn:  Learner;  disciple;  tyro.  --  See  {Scholar}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pupil 
  n  1:  a  learner  who  is  enrolled  in  an  educational  institution 
  [syn:  {student},  {educatee}] 
  2:  contractile  aperture  in  the  iris  of  the  eye 
  3:  a  child  attending  school  [syn:  {schoolchild}] 

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